The Day That Was On The Morning Mob – Aug 22nd

 

Among some of the topics discussed today, what I can and cannot do if LIVE 105 hits 10 000 likes on facebook & Floyd makes an interesting discovery about the offspring of one of pro wrestling’s biggest  stars!

 

 

 

 

WTF is THIS?????

It was a gorgeous spring day in Halifax yesterday. Mrs. Cubby and I are loving the fact that we can grab the dog, jump in the car and within 30 minuutes we’re walking in the sand along a stretch of one of the most beautiful coastlines you’ll ever seen. We discovered Rainbow Haven beach back in March and have been back quite a few times.  I mean, how can you NOT love a sight like this?

The thing is, Mother Nature can be a bit of a bugger. Folks out here will remember Hurricane Earl & Juan ripping shit up in the HRM. More so Juan, but then again, those latinos can be quite feisty can’t they?

So we’re walking along the beach and all of a sudden, we see what at first glance, kinda looks like some tangled up seaweed. Upon closer inspection, this “seaweed” as the locals call it, was actually a FISH! One of the ugliest fish I’ve ever seen and I’ve lived near the Ottawa river, where a majority of fish look like this:

I grabbed a piece of wood, flipped the bugger over and got a good look at him:

I know, shitty picture, but as a grown man who ISN’T a fisherman, I don’t own rubber boots, so DC skate shoes may not have been the best footwear choice for going all Steve Zissou on the beach. But WTF is this??? So far, people on twitter seem to think it’s either a Rock Bass or a Sculpin. I think it’s a demon myself.

Thoughts?

Most interesting thing I seen on the intranets this week…

Found this recently, any suggestions on a name? Cata-pot? Herblifter? Fetchez la hash? Or how about my personal favorite, Ricardo Montal-bong?

via canoe.ca

In a brazen attempt reminiscent of a medieval siege, Mexican smugglers tried to use a hefty catapult to hurl drugs north over the U.S. Border, authorities said.

The Mexican military seized 45 pounds of marijuana, a sports utility vehicle and a metal-framed catapult just south of the Arizona border near the small town of Naco last Friday, following a tip-off from the U.S. Border Patrol.

Surveillance video taken by National Guard troops deployed to support the Border Patrol caught a group of men apparently attempting to pull down a metal beam and load or test the catapult, which was powered by powerful elastic and mounted on a trailer close to the metal border fence.

“It looks like a medieval catapult that was used back in the day,” Tucson sector Border Patrol spokesman David Jimarez told Reuters.

Arizona straddles a furiously trafficked corridor for human and drug smugglers from Mexico.

The U.S. Border Patrol seize hundreds of tons of marijuana and other drugs each year, smuggled over or under the line using a variety of means, including trucks, clandestine tunnels, horseback and even micro-light aircraft — although the catapult was new, Jimarez said.

“I have not seen anything like that in my time before as a Border Patrol agent … although we are trained to handle any kind of a threat that comes over that border,” he added.

What a month! Mrs. Cubby & the fur kids have finally made it out east. Trust me, you haven’t lived until you’ve driven 1435 km’s with two cats who DO NOT travel and a hound dog mix. I would like to thank Red Bull for making the drive possible, I would also like to blame them if I end up not being able to have children, or, god forbid, make me pee flousrescently like some sort of minotaur. (ed. note. Not even sure if flousrescently’s a word.)

One thing is for sure, Halifax is one of the most AWESOME places in Canada! Great food:

 

 

 

 

 

 

(ed. note. I ate this last night, for real!)

 

Great people:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And great amounts of rain. Jeesus, enough already!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(ed note. I actually saw this at the corner of Cogswell & Gottingen)

NYC Pilgrimage

Looking forward to hitting New York City for the first time next week. In between the typical touristy places to check out, both Mrs. Carson and I are jacked up to visit the site of the birthplace of North American Punk Rock, CBGB‘s.

CBGB & OMFUG stands for Country, Bluegrass, Blues & Other Music For Uplifting Gormandizers. WTF is a gormandizer you say? It’s someone with a voracious appetite, like this person:

or this person:

CBGB’s gave birth to the Talking Heads, Television (the band, not the thing you watch Big Bang Theory on), Blondie and of course, the architects of punk, right alongside the New York Dolls, The Ramones:

The club closed in October of 2006, now the place belongs to fashion designer John Varvatos.

I’m still gonna take a picture of the place, I don’t care what John and his $700 jeans think. Gabba gabba hey.